Daily Themed Crossword May 8, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 8, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
May 8, 2022 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Prefix with logue or pen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | May the ___ be ever in your favor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Textile tear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Home ___ (baseball batter's victory) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Tune for two singers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | ___ out a living | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ be back soon! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Eye of the ___ by Survivor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Make a sincere plea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ Dunphy mother to Hailey Alex and Luke on Modern Family played by Julie Bowen | Show answer | 6 | |
| #11 | Knight's lady | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Humor dripping with sarcasm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ pie (nutty dessert) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | ___ Forman mother to Laurie on That 70s Show played by Debra Jo Rupp | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Uppermost point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Address ending with a com perhaps: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ far (until this point) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Mock or imitate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Piglet's honey-loving friend | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Screams one's head off | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Play as a guitar | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | A man of ___ word | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Matchmaker in Greek mythology | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Mother to Meg Jo Beth and Amy in Little Women lovingly | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Leatherworker's tool usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Seated yoga position that's named after a flower | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Sleeve tattoo appendage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Where herds hang out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Peruvian beast of burden | Show answer | 5 | |
| #30 | ___ card (phone microchip) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | The Blacklist organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Slangy sures | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Watch it mister! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ Clapton who sang My Father's Eyes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Participate in tug of war | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Relative via marriage: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Garfield's dog pal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Made a hole say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Landlord's document | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Backpack's or purse's handle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | ___ Pearson mother to Kevin Kate and Randall on This Is Us played by Mandy Moore | Show answer | 7 | |
| #42 | President Eisenhower lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Tent securer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Here just have one bite!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Ruffle someone's feathers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ culpa (my bad) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Rock band necessity for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Born in France | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Love ___ Neighbor (2013 sitcom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Second weekday for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Monogram on a French luxury bag: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | We've had our ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Become unusable as fruit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Gilmore Mother to Rory on Gilmore Girls played by Lauren Graham | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Ben ___ (Charlton Heston's epic role) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Tibet's traditional capital | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Ridley Scott's title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ Weasley matriarch of the Weasley family in Harry Potter played by Julie Walters | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Flop's opposite say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Boot's bottom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ the word! (Shh!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Great lake named after an indigenous tribe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Award won by a soap perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | '80s sitcom alien | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Sticky W in WWW | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Give up with out | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 8, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 8, 2022, a Sunday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is REBECCA at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 8, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 8, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 8, 2022 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 66 clues with answers from 3 to 7 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for May 8, 2022 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 8, 2022 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.